Pick a large rabbit up by the scruff of the neck with one hand while you support his rear with the other. Aim his kicking equipment away from you!

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If you tuck a big bunny under your arm, you'll find it easy to carry him wherever you want.

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Vet-approved fryer restraint. Grasp the animal just in front of the hind leg attachment.

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Other foul, such as ducks, are also commonly held with their wings pinned.

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The most humane way to nab a goose.

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A common way to hold a goose is to pin its wing against its body.

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This goose is being handled gently, but he ain't goin' nowhere except where you want him to go!

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Two people gently restrain a goat. The first holds the animal's head up and forces its shoulder against the fence with her knee while the second holds the doe's hips against the fence with knee pressure applied just ahead of the hip bones.

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A homemade goat milking stand..

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It's easy to trim a cow's or milking goat's hind feet.

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The first milking will be a lot less eventful if you slowly accustom your doe to the milking stand.

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Or front feet right in the stanchions that they're ordinarily milked in.

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Grab the other hind leg for a solid grip on your pig.

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As long as you hold both hind legs off the ground, the pig is under your complete control except for his squealer. Be careful if his mother is attracted by the noise!

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A good way to hold a hog for an extended period of time.

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Catch a small porker first by one hind leg.

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Push a cow's tail firmly up and forward to disengage her rear end and restrict her ability to kick.

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This Angus bull isn't happy (note froth on his mouth), but the metal chute which holds him won't let him hurt anybody.

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Once a critter is locked into Kansas State's fancy cattle chute, the animal can be rotated to any position a veterinarian desires. Few MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers will ever need anything so elaborate.

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Using a cattle chute is the safest way to restrain large animals.

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This is how a bull nose lead is applied after your beed or dairy brute is trapped in a chute.

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